Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-05-20
uRIGIhlL AND BORROWED.

talns this interesting slaVeunehV
Mrs. Cleveland's lady friends say
they do not expect her out for some
little time.
Lady lin grocery store -"Let
me have pound ofbutter, please
CLERK who used to tend in cigar
store)-"Mild or strong w-Her-
pey's Bazar.
The Wytheville Enterprise says;
"Mr. j. Eli Rider while out hunting
in the woods near this place on
Thursday morning last, killed four
squirrels at one shot
Senator Morrill, says the republic
can party is IN excellent shape and
can elect either Sherman, Allison,
or Blaine in 'SS. BE says 1t is too
soon to tell who will get the nomi-
nation.
Nine thousand walnut trees,
standing IN the counties OF Lee,
Scott and Wise, southwestern Vir-
glnia, near the Kentucky line, have
been sold 10 firm ~ New York,
for twelve dollars each, $4,000
having been paid on the transac-
ton.
There is some talk already about
the chances of a successor to the
late Justice Woods on the Supreme
bench. Among the possibilities
mentioned are Secretary Endicott,
Attorney General Garland, ex'Rep-
resentative Tucker, and ex-Gov.
Hosdly.
We agree with Bob Burdette IN
the most truthful saying OF his life;
"God wasted mud when he made
the man who after taking a paper
for six months orders it stopped
without paying up arrears
David Burke of Kingston, New
Mexico, quarrelled with Con Ryan
and challenged him 70 fight with
pistols. Ryan beng unarmed, ac-
cepted a pistol from Burke, and the
result was that Ryan was killed.
A citizen of Boston has been
cured of "nervous dyspepsia, in
somnia, and great thirst by eat
ing peanuts for dessert. 1t is not
recorded whether the invalid kept
right on with beans as usual or
not.
The invention of the war cycle, a
velocipede that carries ten soldiers,
is considered so valuable in Eng
land that they are to build one for
twenty.six men, thirteen to work
the cycle and thirteen 70 ride.
The divorce courts, North and
Sonth, appear to be actively engag-
ed IN separating "incompatibles"
and other complaints who are mar
ried but not mated. Richmond has
one case on hand. This sad state
Of affairs, however, does not affect
the matrimonial market, as the
speculation in bonds still goes on
briskly, whether hearts are or are
not trumps.
The Savannah Nelos prints this,
but doesn't explain It "a lady
living in Cnthbert is the mother Of
eight living children, the Oldest II
years, and the youngest 6 months
Of age. All her children have been
blessed with perfect eyesight, an d
vet neither the oldest nor the young
est ever saw its father, while all
the others have seen their father"
Ezra d. Stiles of Skaneateles, y.
Y, claims TO be the oldest Mason
on the continent, ifnot in the world.
He became a Mason in September,
1917, in a lodge in Augusta, n. Y,
and IN the following winter joined
the Chapter of Royal Arch MasOns
in New Hartford, so he has been
a Mason nearly seventy years Mr..
Stiles was 81 years old the 18th
day Of March las. aud is hearty.
The Abingdon Examiner says
"FOr a long time it has been known
that iron ore we're upon the lands
OF Mr.. Brown, on the South Fork
river, about eight miles south of
Abingdon. Until quite recently
10 effort has been made 70 ascer.
tain The quantity or quality. a
syndicate composed Of Abingdon
gentlemen have taken an opinion
upon the lands and now have a
large force of hands at work exca-
vstlng, sc. They have dis
covered three or four veins of red
hematite steel ore, OF the best goal
ties, and the indications are that
It exists in immense quantities.
The veins We understand run par
allel and seem to merge into each
other. Samples OF the ore, which
nave been seen aud tested 10y ex-
perts is said to be the finest in the
United States, and equal 70 any
imported ores"
Kentucky deserves good mark
for the rapid and satisfactory way
10 which she disposed last Friday
OF one of the ugliest of her recent
criminal cases. Two nen we're in
Jicted for the brutal murder Of a
maidservant who was defending
her mistress's property from spoili-
alton. One OF them pleaded not
guilty, and will try to prove an
abb. The other pleaded guilty,